August 12th, 2017

Ruston High School held its annual Bearcat Madness Saturday before battling some of the toughest temperatures so far through fall practice during an intersquad scrimmage that started at noon Saturday.
But first-year RHS head coach Jerrod Baugh said he felt that was a good thing for his team.

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In more than 50 years of being a sportswriter, I’ve dealt with a plethora of characters.
Some bad, some good.
Sadly, it’s the “bad” ones who get too much of the attention and give the impression to the reader that the majority of subjects we’ve written about fall into the “bad” department.
Not true altogether.
Those “bad” — okay, “jerks”— guys may have been confronted or questioned following a tough loss or bad play.
Thus, they’re granted a limited “free” pass for their actions.

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Top Left: Ruston High School running back Hahsan Jackson (5) was all smiles as he was introduced Saturday during the annual Bearcat Madness event on T.L. James Field at L.J. “Hoss” Garrett Stadium.
Top Right: The RHS Bearcat Belles performed during the Bearcat Madness event.
Bottom Left: Fans braved warmed temperatures for Saturday’s Bearcat Madness event at L.J. “Hoss” Garrett Stadium.
Bottom Right: Freshman Bearcats wore red as they were introduced during Saturday’s Bearcat Madness.

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In 1987, a small group of artists and arts-enthusiasts came together with the goal of developing a regional arts center and a gallery where local artists could display and sell their work.
This year, the North Central Louisiana Arts Council turns 30 and has grown in both projects and support.
Humble beginnings
“Susan (Roach) will write the grant and we will get started.” That was one of the first statements made by Kent Follette, first president of NCLAC.

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BATON ROUGE — A Ruston dentist whose brother-in-law worked at the Shaw Group in 2012 was acquitted Thursday on federal insider trading charges relating to the announcement that year that Shaw was being acquired by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. for $3 billion.
Federal prosecutors had alleged that Jesse H. Roberts III reaped a $700,000 profit from confidential information allegedly provided by his brother-in-law, Scott David Zeringue.
Roberts was found not guilty on one count each of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
He did not testify in his own defense.

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On Tuesday, members of the Lincoln Parish Policy Jury voted to kill an increase in general alimony millages, or funds gathered from property tax.

Last year, the jury voted to make the rates 1.68 mills inside the city of Ruston and 3.37 mills outside the city limits.

By keeping these rates and not rolling them forward to their full extent, 1.82 mills inside Ruston city limits and 3.65 mills outside the city limits — an option that was on the table — jurors saved residents approximately $105,450.

It’s in the numbers. The law of averages always catches up to us.
That includes celebrity deaths. The older we get, the more likely it is that we’ve felt the loss of someone we admired from afar for whatever reason.
It happened again for me last week with the passing of Glen Campbell after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
I loved Glen Campbell’s music. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, a variety show that ran from 1969-72, was must-see TV in my house growing up.

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P.E. teacher Loy Seal, top photo, directed students to their classes as Cypress Springs Elementary School opened for the first half day of classes Friday. Bottom photo, teachers and faculty greeted students with a “Welcome Back” sign as Cypress Springs Elementary School opened for the 2017-2018 year. Full-day classes begin Monday.

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Asset allocation is a strategy that can help take the guesswork out of choosing investments for your portfolio. Instead of putting all your eggs in one basket, you spread your eggs (dollars) among a variety of baskets (stocks, bonds, and cash). The baskets can be further divided within each type of investment.

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